Category: The Golden Thread Gallery

Graphic Design- Final Poster

Here is my final outcome of my A1 Poster, thats based on my chosen exhibition VOX HYBRIDA in The Golden Thread Gallery. This poster was inspired by a lino print design that i originally created in my sketchbook. This poster represents the name of the gallery but the letters are printed individually to create a scattered effect or to make them look dispersed and some of the letters are purposely printed backwards, as a particular piece in the exhibition really caught my attention and became very influential on my own work as that particular artist also experimented with letters and words chipped backwards. I’ve also incorporated different type styles as some of them are: uppercase, lowercase, block letters and some of them in a calligraphy style. I’ve also included: the name of the gallery, the name of the exhibition, the name of the artists, the date of the exhibition and also the website. Overall,  I’m very pleased with the outcome.

Graphic Design- Instagram Posts

Here are a few instagram posts that I’ve created using Figma. These instagram posts consist of my experimental lino prints from my sketchbook and from my typography books. These posts are like example mock-ups towards my final A1 poster, so in these posts i’ve included: the name ofthe gallery, the name of the exhibition, the names of the artists, the date the exhibition was on and their website link. I really like how there is a great balance of colour in some of these but i also really like the black and white and it looks very effective.

Instagram Posts

Graphic Design- Sketchbook Experimentation

This sketchbook contains various amounts of first-hand images of the 4 exhibitions that i had visited which are the: The Golden Thread Gallery, The Mac Gallery, Catalyst Arts Gallery and Belfast Exposed Gallery. I then chose to mainly focus on The Golden Thread Gallery, as i found the VOX HYBRIDA exhibition very interesting. There is one piece in particular that really caught my eye which looked like words and letters backwards that were chipped out of a large piece of wood then painted ontop with a vivid pink colour and with the access paint there was a large sheet of paper that was used to print over the top.

This technique used in this piece inspired me to incorporate a printing process within my practise which is the Lino Printing technique. I intended to experiment as much as possible with my initial ideas and designs to then help generate ideas towards my final outcome. Colour is definately a main element that i like to include with in my experiments, so as you can see the process of creating these designs using a variety of coloured card, ink and acrylic. Again, with taking inspiration from this exhibition i had also included some letters to purposely become backwards and to create several repeat patterns. I personally think that theses lino prints worked really well and i also really like the contrast of each colour.

Graphic Design- Typography Book

Heres another typography book which is very similar to my previous examples. Here i attempted to experiment using marker and coloured paint pens to create various amounts of ideas that include the words of my chosen exhibition, The Golden Thread Gallery. Personally, I really enjoy experimenting scale and compostition, as i thnk that it helps balance the designs which a few of them can appear more simplistic. I also like to include a variety of elements such as: shape, pattern, colour and angles, which makes the designs look more effective.